Comcast generally ships you the modem and you install it yourself. They charge you for the modem, but since you do it yourself, should not charge you. Certainly not $90.

You get the modem, you connect it to the wall and then connect the TV. If you do have a Roku box, you plug an Ethernet cable into the modem and put it into the Roku. You then connect Roku to the TV with a HDMI cable.

Did you look at the list of available programs on Hulu? I don't think you are using Hulu to its full capacity as it has many, many channels (including news), plus original programming.

Pandora is a channel you get using the Roku. You search for the musical artist you want and the music then plays thru your TV.

Tituba wrote:Comcast generally ships you the modem and you install it yourself. They charge you for the modem, but since you do it yourself, should not charge you. Certainly not $90.

You get the modem, you connect it to the wall and then connect the TV. If you do have a Roku box, you plug an Ethernet cable into the modem and put it into the Roku. You then connect Roku to the TV with a HDMI cable.

That sounds pretty simple to do. That's what I did 15 years ago. It took about 5 minutes, not 2 hours. Maybe they say 2 hours because they think you have to connect something to the outside. Since I'm in an apartment it should be simple. I guess I should never say something is "simple" when I don't know. When I had my landline set up here, there was some big deal about something not being connected outside and it took a really long time for the guy to get everything working properly. I don't remember what the problem was. It was 3 years ago.

I could get the modem and try setting it up myself and if for some reason it doesn't work I suppose I could have them "install" it, whatever that means.

SquarePeg, since you have Comcast I have some questions. I want to listen to music while I'm working, take a break, watch 10 minutes of a TV show, switch back to music and work again, then take another break and watch the next part of the TV show. Someone mentioned that I should be able to do this with Comcast because I would have "On demand" plus I could fast forward, rewind, pause, etc. on any show I'm watching. And that I can "tape" shows by scheduling them to be taped when they come on. Is this true? Do you do all that with Comcast?

Pandora allows you to create your own genre stations that are based on a song or an artist. For example, suppose you really like the song "Blue Suede Shoes." You'd first search for it. If it finds it, you could select it as a "seed" to base a station on. Pandora would play songs that are similar. Each time it plays a song, you have the option of rating it thumbs up or thumbs down. By rating songs, you gradually create the ideal station.

There are also predefined genres to choose from.

Pandora uses an Internet connection. It runs in a web browser on a desktop/laptop. It is also available as an app.

I don't use the on demand feature at all. I treat cable as if it were broadcast TV. Frankly if I had the ability to pause a show, probably it would stay paused for several hours or days, or I might forget about entirely.

An HDMI cable is similar to a USB cable if you can imagine one with identical connectors on each end. The HDMI connector is a bit larger than a USB connector and it's slightly D-shaped as opposed to rectangular, looking at it head on. It can deliver both audio and video.

SquarePeg wrote:Pandora allows you to create your own genre stations that are based on a song or an artist. For example, suppose you really like the song "Blue Suede Shoes." You'd first search for it. If it finds it, you could select it as a "seed" to base a station on. Pandora would play songs that are similar. Each time it plays a song, you have the option of rating it thumbs up or thumbs down. By rating songs, you gradually create the ideal station.

There are also predefined genres to choose from.

Pandora uses an Internet connection. It runs in a web browser on a desktop/laptop. It is also available as an app.